India's contribution to the improved global growth outlook extends well beyond the immediate AI boom or the performance of energy-exporting economies. The IMF's assessment points instead to a combination of domestic demand, demographics, market expansion and structural reforms as important drivers of India's longer-term prospects.
Widespread fighting between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban was reported in 18 provinces across Afghanistan on Saturday as delegates from the Taliban and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan started the peace negotiation talks in Doha, Qatar
A large number of opposition supporters were arrested in the Maldives on Saturday at a rally organized by supporters of the Progressive Coalition
The Maldives on Saturday recorded 62 new cases of COVID-19. The number of positive cases recorded in the Maldives has remained below 100 for one week
India on Saturday once again recorded an unprecedented spike in a single day as 97,570 fresh Covid cases were recorded taking the total tally to 46,59,984, the Union Health Ministry data revealed
With growing evidence suggesting that flu vaccines could provide certain protection against Covid-19, the government will start vaccination for the public in November
Frustrated with the lockdown that disrupted work and the festival season approaching, a huge group, about 400 expatriate construction workers from as far as Paro protested outside the Indian Embassy yesterday, threatening to walk back home, if they are not allowed to go
With 1,454 new cases, Nepal witnessed a record high single-day spike in the number of infections recorded in the last 24 hours
A total of 146 Nepali migrant workers stranded in Bahrain due to COVID-19 outbreak were repatriated via charter flights from Bahrain, today
The Nepalese government on Thursday came up with a directive making local governments responsible for managing the teaching-learning activities at school level using virtual medium, or by bringing students and teachers together in small groups
Serious questions are being raised over Pakistan's intentions in taking rigid action against proscribed terror outfits operating in the country, after thousands of people rallied in Karachi, chanting anti-Shia slogans and calling them disbelievers
The 'informal' committee comprising Pakistani government and opposition lawmakers is likely to meet on Monday in an effort to end a deadlock on four bills related to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
A senior Pakistani journalist associated with a leading English daily was arrested in Karachi after he was accused of sharing "highly provocative posts" against the country's Army, the media reported on Saturday
The provincial health authorities have told the Lahore High Court that the two-finger test (TFT), an old practice of examining sexual assault survivors, has limited evidentiary value and will be abolished from the protocol of medico-legal certificate (MLC) unless necessitated
More than eight children were subjected to sexual abuse on average every day in the first six months of 2020 in Pakistan, according to child protection NGO Sahil
Four people were killed and seven others injured when a three-story residential building caught fire in Pakistan's Karachi city on Saturday, rescue teams said
